Re: [hlcoders] non HL question
On 5/25/05, r00t 3:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lol, He asked how to change the username not the password... If he meant the password then as root type passwd on the command without the quotes. bwahahahahahah that's so funny, my mind couldn't cope and made me read password lol hehe snigger funniest thing I've re-read in ages :) giggle Jeff ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
RE: [hlcoders] non HL question
Actually it is an excellent (and recommended) security step. It is a lot harder to brute force a password if you don't know the user name. General security steps: Unix: Prevent root from remote login. Only allow local login for root. Windows: Use the password manager to change the 'Administrator' user to another name. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Fearn Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:51 AM To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlcoders] non HL question On 5/25/05, r00t 3:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lol, He asked how to change the username not the password... If he meant the password then as root type passwd on the command without the quotes. bwahahahahahah that's so funny, my mind couldn't cope and made me read password lol hehe snigger funniest thing I've re-read in ages :) giggle Jeff ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
Re: [hlcoders] non HL question
Andreas Kang wrote: Hello, I'm a newb and i was just woundring howto change the root username? In that way make the server more secure.. :) and im sure that you guys know that :) Thats not a good idea. You may use your box shell trough ssh, then copy/download files with rsync trough ssh. scp and sftp can be also good tools. If you are paranoid enough, never use root, send root commands trough sudo. You can also disable by default demons you dont need. And update the system often (apt-get, urpmi, yum, portage, etc.. ) Of course, use a password easy to remenber, with numbers,etc, but imposible to guess by brute force. The art of good passwords!.. TEHA0GP No more lemmings left!... NMLL0ZERO Blue screen of death BLUEY0RICKBLUE Lyiing on Laugh... L0LAUGH I am not a lawyer..!1ANA1 Valve, I am gratefull... V1AGRA etc.. Final suggestion, safety rules are like The fight club rules: NEVER show your real safety rules publically. Thats dumb. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
[hlcoders] non HL question
Hello, I'm a newb and i was just woundring howto change the root username? In that way make the server more secure.. :) and im sure that you guys know that :) Med vennlig hilsen: Andreas Kang Schøyen Teknisk ansvarlig for NovaNett avd. CS e-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobil: 45 44 21 88 -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: Jeffrey botman Broome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:10 PM Til: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Emne: Re: [hlcoders] SZ_GetSpace error - HL1 Jeff Fearn wrote: On 5/23/05, Deadman Standing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding -zone 8192 to the command line can sometimes help this. From looking at the Quake code it appears the SZ_GetSpace error occurs when the engine overruns static buffers used to build network messages. Too many or poorly written plugins can aggravate the situation. I'll try that. What exactly makes a plugin badly written? I have a bot plugin based on HPB bot that might be at fault, but no idea what to target to fix it. The HPB bot can generate the SZ_GetSpace crash when displaying lots of waypoints (if you are editing waypoints on the client). The waypoint display method sends a reliable network message for each waypoint line drawn. If enough of these reliable messages are sent in too short a time period, the buffer overflows. One of the Counter-Strike bot authors (I don't remember which one) changed this to use an un-reliable message for displaying these lines which helps prevent the overflow. In the worst case, sometimes a waypoint line wouldn't get drawn and then would appear the next time it was updated. The SZ_GetSpace crashing problem also occurred if some plugin attempts to send a network message to a fake client (bot). The HPB bot code tries to prevent this, but there can still be cases of other pluggins running (if you are using metamod, which it sounds like you are not) that send a network message to all players that could cause this problem. -- Jeffrey botman Broome ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 5/22/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 5/22/2005 ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
Re: [hlcoders] non HL question
uh, That isn't advised You will probably screw up your box if you do that. There are alot of better ways to secure the box then to just change the root login. r00t 3:16 CQC Gaming www.cqc-gaming.com - Original Message - From: Andreas Kang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:17 PM Subject: [hlcoders] non HL question Hello, I'm a newb and i was just woundring howto change the root username? In that way make the server more secure.. :) and im sure that you guys know that :) Med vennlig hilsen: Andreas Kang Schøyen Teknisk ansvarlig for NovaNett avd. CS e-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobil: 45 44 21 88 -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: Jeffrey botman Broome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:10 PM Til: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Emne: Re: [hlcoders] SZ_GetSpace error - HL1 Jeff Fearn wrote: On 5/23/05, Deadman Standing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding -zone 8192 to the command line can sometimes help this. From looking at the Quake code it appears the SZ_GetSpace error occurs when the engine overruns static buffers used to build network messages. Too many or poorly written plugins can aggravate the situation. I'll try that. What exactly makes a plugin badly written? I have a bot plugin based on HPB bot that might be at fault, but no idea what to target to fix it. The HPB bot can generate the SZ_GetSpace crash when displaying lots of waypoints (if you are editing waypoints on the client). The waypoint display method sends a reliable network message for each waypoint line drawn. If enough of these reliable messages are sent in too short a time period, the buffer overflows. One of the Counter-Strike bot authors (I don't remember which one) changed this to use an un-reliable message for displaying these lines which helps prevent the overflow. In the worst case, sometimes a waypoint line wouldn't get drawn and then would appear the next time it was updated. The SZ_GetSpace crashing problem also occurred if some plugin attempts to send a network message to a fake client (bot). The HPB bot code tries to prevent this, but there can still be cases of other pluggins running (if you are using metamod, which it sounds like you are not) that send a network message to all players that could cause this problem. -- Jeffrey botman Broome ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 5/22/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 5/22/2005 ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
Re: [hlcoders] non HL question
On 5/24/05, r00t 3:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: uh, That isn't advised You will probably screw up your box if you do that. It won't break anything. There are alot of better ways to secure the box then to just change the root login. True, but it's a good first step. r00t 3:16 CQC Gaming www.cqc-gaming.com - Original Message - From: Andreas Kang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:17 PM Subject: [hlcoders] non HL question Hello, I'm a newb and i was just woundring howto change the root username_ ? In that way make the server more secure.. :) and im sure that you guys know that :) man passwd Jeff ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
Re: [hlcoders] non HL question
If he is worried about someone cracking his password use a better password. Changing the root login for security isn't doing much. Most exploits, exploit the UID 0 and GID 0 so changing root to something else will not. Firewall the box using iptables, disable shell access except from trusted IP addresses. If you need people to have shell accounts. Disable root login via shell. Are probably the better solutions.. Changing the root password will help only if someone is trying to crack the password using brute force. More times then not if they are trying to guess the root password the know they system already and probably cat /etc/passwd so they know what the root login would of been changed to already. eg web server? ?php system(cat /etc/passwd); ? Take away the ability of them trying to even be able to login as root would be a better solution. r00t 3:16 CQC Gaming www.cqc-gaming.com - Original Message - From: Jeff Fearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] non HL question On 5/24/05, r00t 3:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: uh, That isn't advised You will probably screw up your box if you do that. It won't break anything. There are alot of better ways to secure the box then to just change the root login. True, but it's a good first step. r00t 3:16 CQC Gaming www.cqc-gaming.com - Original Message - From: Andreas Kang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:17 PM Subject: [hlcoders] non HL question Hello, I'm a newb and i was just woundring howto change the root username_ ? In that way make the server more secure.. :) and im sure that you guys know that :) man passwd Jeff ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
Re: [hlcoders] non HL question
On 5/24/05, r00t 3:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If he is worried about someone cracking his password use a better password. Which is exactly what he asked how to do. --snip-- Jeff ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
RE: [hlcoders] non HL question
Quote-- Hello, I'm a newb and i was just woundring howto change the root username? In that way make the server more secure.. :) and im sure that you guys know that :) --Quote -Original Message- From: Jeff Fearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2005 10:35 PM To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlcoders] non HL question On 5/24/05, r00t 3:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If he is worried about someone cracking his password use a better password. Which is exactly what he asked how to do. --snip-- Jeff -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 22/05/2005 ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
Re: [hlcoders] non HL question
lol, He asked how to change the username not the password... If he meant the password then as root type passwd on the command without the quotes. r00t 3:16 CQC Gaming www.cqc-gaming.com - Original Message - From: Tony omega Sergi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:06 PM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] non HL question Quote-- Hello, I'm a newb and i was just woundring howto change the root username? In that way make the server more secure.. :) and im sure that you guys know that :) --Quote -Original Message- From: Jeff Fearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 24, 2005 10:35 PM To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlcoders] non HL question On 5/24/05, r00t 3:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If he is worried about someone cracking his password use a better password. Which is exactly what he asked how to do. --snip-- Jeff -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 22/05/2005 ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
